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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.d. (v. 9); Journey to the Hebrides. Tales of the Imagination. Prayers and Sermons. Index
The Works of Samuel Johnson Lld Journey to the Hebrides Tales of the Imagination Prayers and Sermons Index - v. 9 Author:Samuel Johnson Volume: v. 9 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1825 Original Publisher: W. Pickering Subjects: Fiction / Literary History / General Literary Collections / General Literary Collections / American / General Literary Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Collections / Essays Liter... more »ary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE FOUNTAINS A FAIRY TALE. I': In- guipolHil boni Fontent viiere tucidum. Boethies. As Floretta was wandering in a meadow at the foot of Plinlimmon, she heard a little bird cry in such a note as she had never observed before, and looking round her, saw ,1 lovely goldfinch entangled by a lime-twig, and a hawk hovering over him, as at the point of seizing him in his talons. Floretta longed to rescue the little bird, but was afraid to encounter the hawk, who looked fiercely upon her without any apparent dread of her approach, and as she advanced seemed to increase in bulk, and clapped his wings in token of defiance. Floretta stood deliberating a few moments, but, seeing her mother at no great distance, took courage, and snatched the twig with the little bird upon it. When she had disengaged him, she put him in her bosom, and the hawk flew away. Floretta, showing her bird to her mother, told her from what danger she had rescued him, her mother, after admiring his beauty, said, that he would be a very proper inhabitant of the little gilded cage, which had hung empty, From Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. By Anna Williams. 1766,4to. since the starling died for want of water, and that he should be placed at the chamber window, for it would be wonderfully pleasant to hear him in the mo...« less